NWAnews
January 19, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Followers offer a peek into Alamo compound
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BENJAMIN KRAIN Tony Alamo Christian Ministries follower Richard Ondrisek shows a bedroom shared by three boys in a home in Texarkana owned by the church and shared by several families.
FOUKE – In the courtyard of the house that provided living quarters for Tony Alamo, along with several women and girls, is an in-ground swimming pool, a colorful carousel and a pen with two ponies.
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NWAnews
January 16, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Mother in contempt over kids, judge says
TEXARKANA – Another member of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was found in contempt of court and ordered jailed Thursday after she refused to say where three of her children are.
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Texarkana Gazette
January 16, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Another Alamo parent jailed for contempt
Another follower of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was jailed Thursday when she refused to disclose the whereabouts of three of her children to a Miller County circuit judge.
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NWAnews
January 15, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Talk or stay in jail, judge warns father
A member of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries who refused to reveal the whereabouts of two of his children will remain in jail until he provides the information “or until I have a change of heart,” a judge said Wednesday.
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Texarkana Gazette
January 15, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Judge: Father must tell kids’ whereabouts
The number of sign-carrying Tony Alamo Christian Ministries followers dwindled to just a few Wednesday outside the building in downtown Texarkana where custody hearings for 23 children are being held.
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The Associated Press
January 14, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
Ark. official: Kids in Alamo case are being hidden
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Parents or followers of a jailed evangelist have been hiding children sought by state welfare officials, the state director of human resources said Wednesday.
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Texarkana Gazette
January 14, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Police arrest sex offender
Man accused of violating federal law
A convicted sex offender was arrested Tuesday on Tony Alamo Christian Ministries property in Fort Smith, Ark., for violating a federal sex offender registration law.
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NWAnews
January 14, 2009
BY ANDY DAVIS
Dad’s silence in Alamo case earns him jail
TEXARKANA – The father of a boy who was removed from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was held in contempt of court and jailed Tuesday evening after he refused to say where his two other children are.
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Texarkana Gazette
January 14, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Radio host joins protest
Internet radio talk show host Tom Friess of Perry, Iowa, broadcasts his show Tuesday morning from in front of the Miller County Juvenile Court Center in Texarkana, Ark. He and members of the church are protesting the custody hearings of 23 children following a September raid at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in Fouke, Ark.
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KATV
January 14, 2009
The Associated Press
Judge Pushes Alamo Trial Back a Week
Texarkana – A federal judge has delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo another week, saying the court had a scheduling conflict.
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KTBS 3
January 12, 2009
By Julie Parr
Alamo supporters protest state custody hearings
Testimony got underway today in the custody hearings of 23 children taken from the Tony Alamo compound.
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Pine Bluff Commercial
January 12, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL
Judge issues gag order in Alamo custody hearings
TEXARKANA, Ark. – The judge overseeing a hearing for 23 children taken from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries issued a gag order Monday, barring those involved from talking publicly about what is likely the largest child custody case in Arkansas history.
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Texarkana Gazette
January 12, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Final custody hearings today
Testimony closed during inquiry for 23 children of Alamo followers
Today a Miller County circuit judge will begin final custody hearings for 23 children taken from followers of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in November and December.
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Texarkana Gazette
January 8, 2009
By: Lynn LaRowe
Alamo defense requests delay
Tony Alamo’s defense attorney filed a motion Wednesday asking that the jailed evangelist’s criminal trial be postponed.
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NWAnews
December 31, 2008
BY ANDY DAVIS
Leaked interview of Alamo teen airs on Web
Sitting across from an interviewer at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Texarkana, Texas, the 16-year-old girl described her job sorting mail at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in Fouke, her belief that the end of the world is near and her passion for distributing religious pamphlets in cities across the country.
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Texarkana Gazette
December 31, 2008
By Lynn LaRowe
Parents request legal aid
Alamo followers ask for court to appoint lawyers in custody case
Three Tony Alamo ministry followers whose daughters were among six taken during a September raid of church properties in Fouke, Ark., want the court to appoint lawyers to represent them at the state’s expense.
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Associated Press
December 31, 2008
By JON GAMBRELL
Lawyer in Alamo case: Bible no defense for abuse
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo’s right to religious freedom doesn’t allow him to beat children, a lawyer suing the preacher over alleged abuse says.
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Houston Chronicle
December 30, 2008
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer
Lawyer: Alamo civilly liable for alleged abuse
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo can’t use religious freedom to shield himself from a lawsuit claiming abuse occurred at his ministries, a lawyer suing the preacher says.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
December 30, 2008
by Mark Potok
The Last Word: Hatewatch’s 2nd Annual Smackdown Awards
It’s been another sorry year in the world of hate, as knuckle-dragging white supremacists and their fellow travelers did their best to make our country a little worse with each new passing day. Here at Hatewatch, we’ve been hard at work trying to winnow away the garden-variety savagery that habitués of our blog know so well in favor of truly extraordinary examples of asinine activities from the benighted denizens of the radical right. It hasn’t been easy for members of the Hatewatch 2nd Annual Smackdown Awards Committee, who’ve had to wade heroically through the sewers and cesspools to produce our list. But now they’ve returned from that underworld, muddied but unbowed, to offer our readers, without further ado, Hatewatch’s year-end countdown of the very, very worst of 2008:
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Texarkana Gazette
December 30, 2008
By Jim Williamson
Admitted felon disassociates himself from Alamo Ministries
White waives the right to consult with his former minister
Leslie Ray “Buster” White, 58, who attended Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and asked in a plea bargain to continue to consult with Alamo after pleading guilty to federal charges, has now disassociated himself from Alamo.
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